Cactus Graffiti
15 Nov 2009 2 Comments
in Cactus, Garden Design, Garden Projects, Photography Tags: Cactus Art, Cactus Graffiti, garden anniversary message, Prickly Pear Design
The only good graffiti is the one you can do in your own backyard! This is a prickly pear cactus pad from one of my backyard opuntia cactus where I carved out an anniversary message to surprise my husband. Carving was easily done with a sharp knife. I covered the entire bottom of the “cactus pad” with root hormone to stimulate new root growth, then placed it in a pot of cactus mix and hid it in a sunny part of the garden. Watering was only needed once per week with a light misting from a spray bottle at the base of the plant. The scarring over the words “I Love You” took about two months to completely heal over, so planning ahead was the key to getting this cactus out on time for today- our anniversary. This was a fun and creative project that will get some interesting comments and second looks out there in our garden.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
happy anniversary cactus
Nov 16, 2009 @ 13:45:00
that’s such a cool idea–looks great!
Nov 17, 2009 @ 19:48:25
I just saw another blog where they cut a heart out of the prickly pear cactus…. that was a neat idea too.